Monday, November 3, 2008

'Cats win...but it was Ugly.

What we already know is that with Linfield’s 32-24 victory over Puget Sound is that Linfield wrapped up consecutive winning season number 53.However, what we also know is that Linfield pretty much did it in an incredibly ugly fashion.“Cut and Run” Kavin Williams was cutting and running all over the Linfield offense for over 200 yards rushing on the day.Yikes….

The Good

-Winning.What we found out is that on one of Linfield’s worst days is that Puget Sound still cannot beat the ‘Cats.Even with Linfield playing with a bachelor party style hangover the ‘Cats did enough to avoid total disaster and provide another NWC foe with a moral victory.

-Cole Bixenman.The sophomore came off the bench and helped spark the struggling Wildcat offense in the 2nd half.Bix went 5 of 8 passing for 104 yards and one TD passing and one TD rushing.He made sound decisions with the ball and has made big improvements since his start vs Menlo.

-Erik Koczian: The frosh punter/defensive back had a great day assuming the punting duties for an ill Dan Egan.Koczian had a 39 yard punting avg and let loose some booming kicks.

-Dean Kongslie:The Rover made his prescesns felt in returning a fumbled punt for TD and recovering another mishandled Logger punt. Dean’s early special team play wound up being the difference for the ‘Cats.

The Bad:

-Tackling.It was nasty bad.UPS Williams was blowing through arm tackle after arm tackle.I don’t think I’m offending any Wildcat defender when I say that was some urine poor tackling.

-Not putting away UPS early.Linfield had the chance to put the Logs away early on their home field but the ‘Cats made it interesting and gave UPS the life they needed.Next thing you know Linfield was in a dog fight for the rest of the afternoon.

1st half offense.50 total yards of offense vs. UPS in the 1st half.‘Nuff said on that subject.

It’s like the first unwritten rule….if you are administration (unless you're posting up general inforamtion) you should just keep your mouth/keyboard shut and let your fans talk smack for you.Alleged WOU administor gets ZERO five-alrights for that boner of a move.

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Why "ADvantage Catdome"

I’ve had a number of people ask me why the blog is called ADvantage Catdome. So instead of repeating the explanation over and over, I thought I would just lay it out here.

Back in 1986 my father took me to my very first Linfield game, the final regular season game vs. Pacific (Linfield would roll the Boxers on their way to their 3rd NAIA title). I was 10 years old at the time and I can remember seeing these banners the pep squad/students have hung up on the fences around the Catdome. They read “We have the ADvantage”.

I pulled on my dad’s shirt and asked him what that meant. He pointed to the coaches box in the far back of Memorial stadium and said “You see that man there? That’s Coach Rustchman. He’s Linfield’s advantage.”

It wasn't until later that my dad told me Coach Rustchman’s first name was “Ad”. Get it now? Good. Go ‘Cats!